Man in manual wheelchair: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium skin tone seated in a manually operated wheelchair. The graphic shows the individual from the side, with their hand resting on the large wheel of the chair.

Usage Context

Used to represent accessibility, mobility, and the daily experience of wheelchair users. It is frequently seen in discussions regarding public infrastructure, inclusive design, and personal identity. It is often grouped with other accessibility-focused icons like ♿ or the 👩‍🦽 to show diversity in mobility aids.

History

Added in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0. The release marked a significant expansion in the Unicode standard to better represent people with disabilities, following a proposal that highlighted the need for more inclusive and representative character sets in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍🦽

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f9bd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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